Rolling support for cuspidors



(No Model.)

A. STEWART.

WITNESSES: l/VVENTOR ATTORNEY UNTTEE STATES PATENT EEICE.

ALEXANDER STEWART, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROLLING SUPPORT FOR CUSPIDORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,655, dated October31, 1582.

Application filed March 20, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER STEWART, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in theeounty of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRolling Supports for Guspidors; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a top view of a cuspidor having myimprovement attached thereto, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. A

My invention has for its object to provide a roller or caster supportfor cuspidors and spittoons of such a nature that it will not be loeatedbelow the bottom of such articles or form a base therefor, but will, onthe contrary, embrace such cuspidors or spittoons at or about thebreast, its rollers or casters standing outside of and not below thearticles supported.

My invention consists of a collar or clamp adapted and designed toencircle or embrace a cuspidor or spittoon at or about the breast of thelatter, having casters or rollers on which it is supported in suchmanner as to elevate the bottom of the cuspidor just or only slightlyabove the floor or ground.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,A designates a ring or collar,shown as made in one piece, though I do not limit my invention to suchone-piece ring.

B is a cuspidor, the breast seam or bead of which is shown at b.

O G O are casters or rollers, on which the ring A is supported, andwhich may be attached to the latter in any convenient or suitablemanner. a and a are lugs secured to the ring A and projecting inwardly.There may be any number of these lugs, but I consider two sufficient.The lug a is fixed or stationary, while the lug a is detachably securedby a screw, (6*, when in place.

To fasten the ring A to the cuspidor, the lug a is first detached andthe cuspidor slipped down into said ring, or the latter slipped up overthe cuspidor until said ring meets the breast-rib b. The lug a is nowcaused to pass over said breast-rib Z), and then the lug a fastened inlike position by means of the screw a (No model.)

The ring is now firmly clamped on the cuspidor, the latter being thusprovided with a rolling support which permits it to be readily movedover the floor without danger of upsetting. As said support lifts thebottom of the cuspidor from the floor the symmetryof the latter articleis not destroyed, nor is such an elevation attained that upsetting ismade easy and inviting, as is the case with cuspidors supported onroller-bases directly beneath the bottom of the article. In thepresentcase,too,the rollers, being outside the circumference of thearticle sustained, giveamore stable and certain support than is affordedby bases having rollers within the circumference of the bottom.

As the ring embraces the breast of the cuspidor, which is the mostexposed part of said article, it affords protection to the latter fromknocks by the feet of persons and from contact with the walls of rooms.

Instead of making the ring in a single piece, it may be formed in twohinged sections provided with a screw or equivalent device for securelyclamping the same about the breast of the cuspidor; and in lieu of therigid lugs a a spring-jaws or other equivalent means of fast ening maybe adopted.

The ring, being light, is comparatively inexpensive and easily made andap 'ilied to the cuspidor, and yet the rollers 0 O 0, being sufficientlyheavy for the purpose, will serve as means for self-righting suchcuspidor when upset. The ring harmonizes with the usual contour of thecuspidor, and hence does not give to the latter the ungainly and stiltedappearance that a base with casters beneath it communicates.

I am aware that it has been heretofore proposed to elevate cuspidors byfastening casters directly to their bases, and by providing platformswhich went beneath the bottoms of the articles and were secured theretoby clampsprings or equivalent devices. My invention differs from theseexpcdients, inasmuch as the rollers are not fastened directly to thecuspidor, but to an encircling ring, and because such ring is not a baseor platform going under the bottom of the cuspidor, and thus undulyclevating it, but a support of a character which surrounds the breast orbody and elevates the bottom only slightly from the floor.

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What I claim as my invention is 1. A clamp ring or collar supported onrollers or casters and provided with means for clamping it on or aboutthe breast of a cuspidor or spittoon, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a cuspidor or spittoon, of a ring encirclingsuch cuspidor or spittoon above its bottom and clamped on or about thebreast of the latter, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with a cuspidor or spit toon, of a ring or collarencircling the latter above its hottonn'and having casters or rollerswhich stand outside the circumference of such bottom, substantially asshown and described.

4. The combination, \vith a cuspidor or spit-'

